IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research

If you haven't yet registered for IAMCR 2012 in Durban, the local organisers are going to give you ten good reasons to do so. The first was a panel on Freedom of the Media.

The second is a plenary session on Nollywood and African Satellite Channels.

One of the most notable features of the African media landscape is the runaway success of the Nigerian film industry, dubbed Nollywood. In twenty years of its existence, Nollywood has placed Nigerian filmmaking footprints indelibly on the global filmmaking canvas. Nollywood has become centred in film discourse around the globe.

Register now for IAMCR's 2012 conference

The deadline for registering for IAMCR at the discounted 'earlybird' rate is fast-approaching.

To qualify for this rate you must register and pay by 22 May. The 'earlybird' rate represents a savings of 1,050 South African Rand (approximately €100, US$135) off the regular rate.

Click here to register online or here to visit the IAMCR 2012 website.

If you haven't yet registered for IAMCR 2012 in Durban, the local organisers are going to give you ten good reasons to do so. The reasons will be published on their website over the next few weeks. The first one is:

An outstanding panel on ‘Freedom of the Media’.

At a time when media is under fire for saying too little, saying it badly or not saying it at all, it is worth considering some of the constraints placed on journalists, broadcasters and newspapers, bloggers and aggregators, and the ways in which we as the informed public, expect our policy-makers and information providers to deal with them.  We have assembled a powerful panel of some of South Africa's most influential policy-makers, public protectors and journalists to speak on this theme.

IAMCR is making a number of grants available to members in good standing from low-income countries who will be participating in our upcoming conference in Durban, South Africa.

Nine grants will cover the cost of registration and ten grants will include cash awards to help offset travel costs.

IAMCR's 31 Sections and Working Groups have reviewed the abstracts submitted and announced their decisions.

If you have submitted an abstract and have not received a response, you can verify the decision by logging into www.iamcr-ocs.org with the same username and password you used when you submitted your work. Select MY IAMCR-OCS from the main menu at the top of this page to login and go to your personal page.